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WOYZECK

In Woyzeck, the music is performed by live musicians, hidden in the back of a large stretch canvas that illuminates only the performers' shadows. A quartet led by Mateusz Godlewski alternates between rowdy songs written by Bertolt Brecht and eerie soundscapes that emphasize Woyzeck's world.
One of the instruments is a homemade Frankenstein’ Cello, made by the composer.

PROGRAM NOTE
Man is free, Woyzeck. Man is the ultimate expression of the individual urge to freedom. – Can’t hold your water!

Are we really as free as we wish to believe we are? Instead of writing an essay about this, Büchner imagined a man. His corporeal argument against enlightenment still resonates centuries later. Putting the theatre play back into its original historical and philosophical context, this adaptation articulates the beliefs uttered at the trial of the real original Woyzeck and contrasts them with a visceral dissection of a being ravaged by his environment, plagued by distorted senses and incubating delusions.

Through music, the chaotic environment of the lone character on stage comes through his consciousness, his body made machine takes on the violence spewed against him. The tragic tone of this story can seem to take a comic turn. But is laughter really fitting? Or are you just looking out from the privilege of a clear mind?

DATES
Academie voor Theater en Dans
Jodenbreestraat 3
1011 NG Amsterdam

24 april 19:00
25 april 20:00

CREDITS
Concept and direction: Caroline Geiser
Composer: Mateusz Godlewski
Dramaturgy: Juliette Georges
Sound engineer: Katja Landman
Scenography: Kevin Pieterse

Cast:
Woyzeck: Hugh Mackay
Marie: Naomi Broms
Dr. Clarus - Coleman Kelly

Musicians:
Luka Schuurman, Christian Johannes, Marike Knegtering & Mateusz Godlewski

Production:
Fleur van der Lugt, Lucy Walvisch & Daniëlle Heunks

Voice acting: Ludwig Sanders, Naomi Broms, George Demetriou, Mateusz Godlewski, Coleman Kelly & Christian Johannes

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